Master Programmes

Master in Business administration

One year to challenge your thinking, change your outlook and choose your future.

RANKINGS & Facts

#1

MBA Programme - FT MBA rankings 2016

#1

One-year international MBA and Highest ROI - Forbes rankings 2015

10

Months full-time

2

Intakes January and September

CHALLENGE YOUR PERSPECTIVES.EMPOWER YOUR FUTURE.

With three fully-integrated campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and over 90 different nationalities in the classroom, no other business school offers such a multicultural experience.

The accelerated 10-month curriculum develops successful, thoughtful leaders and entrepreneurs who create value for their organisations and their communities. Our alumni often say that their year at INSEAD was life-changing.​

why the INSEAD MBA

Stellar reputation

INSEAD is consistently ranked among the top 5 MBA programmes in the world by the Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek and Forbes. MBA recruiters also rate us #1 in Asia and Europe (QS research 2014/15) for the employability of our graduates.

The most diverse MBA

With over 90 nationalities every year across campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and optional exchanges with top schools in the US and China, there’s no better place to build an international career.

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM

Our 75 electives, 2 intakes and the option of studying on 3 continents allow you to tailor your MBA to fit your learning and career goals. Much more than case studies in a classroom, the programme bridges the boundaries between classroom theory and real-life practice.

POWERFUL ALUMNI COMMUNITY

A vast network of over 50,000 alumni across more than 170 countries. We have produced more CEOs of FT500 companies than any other business schools in Europe or Asia.

GLOBAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Thanks to the 40 career professionals across 3 campuses and the 580 companies that recruit from INSEAD every year, more than 90% of our students are employed within 3 months of graduating. 80% succeed in changing their function, sector or country and 27% manage to change all 3 at once.

highest ROI

INSEAD's one-year programme means only one year out of the job market, only one year of fees and – at US$105,700 average salary in 2015, INSEAD MBA graduates benefit from a higher 5-year gain than those of any other leading school in the world.

WORLD-CLASS FACULTY

Our 148 faculty members are not simply inspirational teachers; they are also world-class researchers and leaders in their fields. Currently 3 of our professors are placed among the world’s top 10 global business influencers by the Thinkers50 ranking.

Entrepreneurial inspiration

An entrepreneurial venture in itself, INSEAD inspires 50 to 80 new start-ups every year. The School has invested in developing an extraordinary entrepreneurial environment for its MBA students.

The INSEAD MBA Experience

The MBA Experience is a three-part video series that explores the INSEAD MBA programme from the perspective of our students.

GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Our MBA Community

Faculty

Our MBA programme is powered by our world-class faculty. Our professors are selected for the rigour and relevance of their research, as well as their ability to inspire in the classroom and to synthesise powerful learning from diverse student perspectives.

Students

INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organisations. Participants come to INSEAD from more than 70 countries, representing all continents and are a balanced mix of age, gender and work experience.

Alumni

As your MBA comes to an end, your life as an INSEAD alumni begins. Our graduates form a diverse alumni network of over 50,000 members worldwide, around 24,000 of which are MBA alumni. Our alumni live and work in over 170 countries around the world

Faculty

Our MBA programme is powered by our world-class faculty. Our professors are selected for the rigour and relevance of their research, as well as their ability to inspire in the classroom and to synthesise powerful learning from diverse student perspectives.

Students

INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organisations. Participants come to INSEAD from more than 70 countries, representing all continents and are a balanced mix of age, gender and work experience.

Alumni

As your MBA comes to an end, your life as an INSEAD alumni begins. Our graduates form a diverse alumni network of over 50,000 members worldwide, around 24,000 of which are MBA alumni. Our alumni live and work in over 170 countries around the world

After 10 days of travelling through the relative wilderness of East Africa, my Etihad flight made a smooth landing at Abu Dhabi’s International Airport. My journey to a brand new continent had just ended, but another, entirely different adventure was about to begin.

Ah INSEAD…. So unique that it’s hard to describe it to other people sometimes. The diversity, the pace, the combination of hard work and social life… but what makes INSEAD stand apart (and be the BEST MBA IN THE WORLD) is its short length mixed with the incredible number of options it offers to students.

“Raconte.” One word that calls for many. Pauline is French and she lives in Paris. She is a friend of mine, and a former colleague. We used to work for the same newspaper, she as a journalist and I as an art director.

“Raconte.” One word that calls for many. Pauline is French and she lives in Paris. She is a friend of mine, and a former colleague. We used to work for the same newspaper, she as a journalist and I as an art director.

After 10 days of travelling through the relative wilderness of East Africa, my Etihad flight made a smooth landing at Abu Dhabi’s International Airport. My journey to a brand new continent had just ended, but another, entirely different adventure was about to begin.

Ah INSEAD…. So unique that it’s hard to describe it to other people sometimes. The diversity, the pace, the combination of hard work and social life… but what makes INSEAD stand apart (and be the BEST MBA IN THE WORLD) is its short length mixed with the incredible number of options it offers to students.

“Raconte.” One word that calls for many. Pauline is French and she lives in Paris. She is a friend of mine, and a former colleague. We used to work for the same newspaper, she as a journalist and I as an art director.

“Raconte.” One word that calls for many. Pauline is French and she lives in Paris. She is a friend of mine, and a former colleague. We used to work for the same newspaper, she as a journalist and I as an art director.

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FAQs

The curriculum, course structure, class size and composition, and campus exchange opportunities are identical for the September and January intakes. The primary difference is that if you choose to begin in September, you will complete the MBA in ten consecutive months. If you choose to begin in January you will have a two-month summer break during which you can pursue an internship or other endeavours.

There is no typical day as the schedule will change every day throughout the year. During the first two periods when students take their core courses, they often have 2 to 3 classes a day of 90 minutes each, Monday to Friday, starting at the earliest at 8.30am and finishing at the latest by 7.00pm. Students also have assignments and group projects, career counselling sessions and extra-curriculum activities. For the last three periods, each student has their own academic schedule depending on the electives he or she has chosen, with the same amount of assignments and group work, and typically increasing time spent on career related activities.

INSEAD offers more than 75 electives across both campuses, giving you the chance to construct a tailor-made MBA programme that fits your personal and career goals. We do not have specialisations or majors. You are free to pursue a generalist path towards management or specialise in a particular area such as finance or entrepreneurship. However, regardless of the path you decide to take during your elective period, everybody graduates with the same general MBA degree diploma